Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.

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Recordings

'These performances reach an unrivalled level of excellence … and show just how marvellous medieval music can be' (BBC Record Review)'The beauty of this once-so-remote music is all immaculately tuned and articulated: what else do you expect from Gothic Voices? … I hope those wh ...» More

When I see the fair weather coming, the flowers in the meadow and the rose in bloom, then I am pensive, I weep and sigh, so long have I desired the joy which I cannot enjoy. I contemplate my joy without bitterness, I am drawn to that which I cannot experience, and cannot agree at any price to relinquish it. I see the thing which I desire, yet I cannot enjoy it.

In May, when the rose is in bloom, Marion woke up early and went to see Robin; she chided him for the friendliness he had always shown her, for now he had turned his back on her. He said to her, swearing by the faith that he owed her that it would be so no longer; ‘If I have delayed seeing my love, it was against my will.’